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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-11-19, Page 4daresay that any man or woman, who works with tools of any, description — the carpenter, thei artist, the housewife, the surgeon, the butcher, baker and unreasonable affection and loyalty we develop for the' out-moded simply because it' served us well. This is a' changeless thing in the changing world. It is not so many years ago that I was a spokesman for, railroad buffs who were fighting a losing battle to keep a number, of steam locomotives in service,: for purely sentimental reasons; scornful of the unromantic diesels, and only the other day I'd a note from a middle-aged man wondering if I might gal 75 YEARS AGO The Huron News-Record November 20, 1895 Mr. Thomas C. Ryan, formerly of Clinton and brother of Mrs. Whitt, town, was drowned in Lake Superior off the Steamer Colorado on the 9th instant. Fashions in table settings include: Eggshell China coffee cups in blue and pink are set in holders of filigree silver. An exquisite set of ice cream forks are of gold with the handle filled in with a flower pattern of enamel. The Berlin Record says of a former Clintonian: Berlin loses an esterirable young man in the person of Mr. Robert Gardner,' the genial clerk of the Walper House, who for the past three years has occupied that position with credit to himself and employers, ' Mrs. Cawble; of Surnmerhill, had a wood bee on Thursday last and got a lot of wood cut and split up for the winter. 55 YEARS AGO The, Clinton New Era November 18,1015 At the call of the Clinton Baptist Church, a cOuhell convened in that church oh November 16 to examine, and, if deeined advisable, ordain to the work of the Gospel ministry, , their pastor, Ito). J. K. Feirfell. Vroin Bayfieid: We have to record the death of one of our atter:,A.,, .04,040A very prominent citizens in the person of Percy ,Moorhouse which occurred on Thursday last. This gentleman was one of our greatest athletes and at one time was an excellent base ball player. At a joint meeting of the. Committees from the Huron and Bruce Battalions it was resolved that the Committees of Officers petition the Minister of Militia and Defence for permission to raise a regiment for overseas service to be recruited in the Counties of Huron and Bruce. 40 YEARS AGO The Clinton News-Record Thursday, November 13, 1930 A free concert is being put on in the town hall Friday evening by the Stratford Boys' Band. An effort will be made to start a boys' band in Clinton. Some inches of snow covered the ground on Thursday last when Goderieh and Clinton Collegiate teams played a game of football in the Huron League, making it difficult for the players. But Clinton won three to one. 25 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 15,1945 Huron County Council yesterday afternoon endorsed the recommendation of the property committee that steps be taken to proceed with the erection of a new courthouse and that L. G. Bridgman, London, be engaged lit architect. Residents of Clinton and embellishments and refinements that go beyond the purely functional. It follows that the more you ask a machine to do the more chances there are that it will go haywire. My own reasons for buying this particular typewriter, I realize now, were somewhat similar to those of a housewife who wants a washing machine that will do everything but, go into 'orbit and play Auld Lang Syne. In spite of myself I was transfixed by the salesman's demonstration of a dozen new "magic" and "miracle", .anti Which, -I now-sperceiUNI simply get in my way. The only innovation I could possibly care about would be a system for ribbon-changing that would protect me from periodic temper tantrums, but the ribbon on this one changes just as unmagically as the one I had on my old original Remette which, like the Maytag, is probably going yet. The salesman made much, too, of the quiet operation of my new machine, realized by a design of insulation which, it now occurs to me,' makes this typewriter two pounds needlessly heavier and less portable than my original. I say needlessly because the curious fact is that I like a typewriter that is noisy. I really wanted a typewriter that goes CLACK—CLACK—CLACK. It may take months to get accustomed to one that whispers a constant apology of Shucks-Shucks-Shucks. Huron County would do well to remember the brave feats of our men of the sea during Navy Week, November 19-25. 15YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 17, 1955 It was quite unanimous that Clinton get back into Intermediate Hockey as evidenced at a meeting of over 50 persons in the council chambers here last Thursday evening, Russell E. Holmes was elected president of the new Clinton Hockey Club, 10 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 17, 1960 The Hon. John P. Roberts, Q. C. Minister of Education will officially open the new Clinton District Collegiate Institute addition tomorrow night. The Editor, November 15-30 is "A time for kindness." During this fourteen day period the Ontario Humane Society is campaigning for funds throughout the province of Ontario. Last year, the Society investigated over 10,000 serious complaints of cruelty. Our Inspectors visited slaughter llivestodk' sales barns arid other premises where animals are used commercially. We prosecuted in many instances of deliberate cruelty or severe neglect; 29 convictions were obtained in 1969. Many animals in distress were rescued and animals that had been neglected, were seized. These animals were taken to the modern Animal Shelters which we operate in different parts of the province. The Society constantly campaigns for new and better animal protection laws at all To the People of Huron County: An extended program of activities for the residents at Huronview is being inaugurated and we are very encouraged by "the interest shown. With over 250 residents, many of whom need assistance to take part in the various activities, we find that the staff can not always give the assistance required, in addition to their regular duties. To assure that the residents will be able to take part in all the activities in which they are interested, we need the help of several volunteers. Some of our residents, as well as other people in the community are already in various ways on an individual basis, in addition to volunteer groups who regularly look after projects such as the monthly birthday party and put on entertainments. If you have taken part in these activities, we would like to say„"Thank-yod". If not, and you would like to help us with our programs or by assisting our craft supervisor we would be very pleased to hear from you. If today's small contribution schedules a few flights by strikes you as even more piston-driven aircraft "for old inconsequential than usual I time's sake," hope you'll allow for the fact We hate to give up the that it's being written on a brand hardware of our memories, to new typewriter, the fourth I've put it another way. owned since the Middle Ages Typewriters are like most when I opted for newspapering. other utilitarian labor-savers, I There! You see? My old " suppose, in that they get typewriter, God rest her platten, handsomer every year, more could have handled that opening sophisticated in their functions sentence 'with far more (this one has more knobs than a facileness. It would never dream church organ) and a lot less of using the word "opted," for durable. one thing. At this rate it may be A comparison might be made weeks before the new one gets ° with washing machines. The the feel of things and overcomes- Maytag people, for example, the self-consciousness of ,being'' have been running a series of under these rough.,, s cold; advertisements showing 'Unfamiliar hands. ' ltrniachines 'that, have been reliably, rs ." 'to? ow as` wd is 'levy arrifitrmitti3 only The 'subject may not be "repairs, 'since the "early narrow as it first appears. I 30's, visual museum pieces, yet still going strong. On the other hand both consumer report magazines to which I subscribe have had investigations in the last year ornamental candlestick maker — demonstrating that the incidence has had the similar experience of of failure of the newest washing adjusting to new instruments. . machines on the market today is _Part of it, of course, is the scandalously high. Two out of three of the most heavily-advertised machines, according to one of these studies, have required major repairs in their first 18 months of service. There's more to this than merely a calculated, built-in obsolescence. A manufacturer might risk making a product with a factor of rapid decay. He'd hardly dare market one deliberately that was designed to go on the blink almost immediately. The real explanation is that support his whimsical notion r,t, the consumer, by conditioning that the airlines maintain in their' and by choice, is Mad for the Editor improvements, not a singler, one., uhibuset,"“ridirig stables, kennels, of which twill ef;er idthalfy unicipal tipounds,.. t • • "A time for kindness" levels of Government. In 1969 the Society was successful in persuading the Government of Ontario to introduce laws for regulating P.M.U. farms, public pounds, prohibiting the use of snowmobiles to harrass, chase or injure animals, and to drastically amend legislation controlling the use of animals in scientific research. „We, operate eleven Animal Shelters. and four outdoor, unique "Cat Sanctuaries." More than 36,000 unwanted strays or abandoned animals were sheltered by the Society in 1969. A large percentage of these animals were either restored to their owners or found new homes. There is no better or more effective way of opposing cruelty than by making a donation to the Ontario Humane Society at this time, Yours sincerely, T. I. Hughes, General Manager. Just call Clinton, 482-3451 and leave your name, address and telephone number, or contact Mr. Bob Taylor or myself. Don't let the fact that you would only be able to spare a small amount of time stop you. A half day a week or even every other week would be much appreciated. I am sure that those who give of their time to make the lives of these older Huron people more pleasant, will find it a very rewarding experience. ... Sincerely C. A. Archibald Administrator There'll be some changes made Dec. 3 %#.1s.#0%."„4",,"•••%#.0%...#1‘.00%."0" Extended program at Huronview The new machine Letter to f"4/.4! -'7 WE EXPECT A CERTAIN DEVIL-MAY-CARE ATTITUDE IN THESE CASES, MR. p?ISBEE, BUT WEARING A "FAT IS BEAUTIFUL" BUTTON IS GOING TOO R.1112! Private schools, public assets The Editor: Rising educational costs alarm all of us but surely lack or finances ought never to be used as an excuse not to extend financial aid to Christian schools, In feet this argument loses all validity when you consider that supporters of Christian schools are actually financial assets to the province of Ontario. Parents sending their children to the Calvin Christian School Society, Clinton, during the academic year 1968 - 1969 saved the Provincial Government the amount of $74,000.00. Across Ohtarlo parents sending their children to 46 Christian schools affiliated with the%' Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools saved the Provincial Government the amount of $2,122,693.90. This money is saved as the Provincial government does not make per pupil grants to any school system for a child attending a Christian school. Putting it bluntly, over two million dollars stays in the big pot at Queen's Park because parents exercise their freedom of choice in sending their children to Christian schools. If these children were enrolled in public schools now receiving support they would benefit from this money. Surely it should also be available to them if they study in Christian and other non-supported public schools. Harry Bakker,, Londesboro. THE C LINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated Established 1865 1924 , Clinton News-Record A member of the Canadian Weekly Newtpaper Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and the of Circulation (ABC) Aasociation Audit Bureau Published every Thursday at the heart of Huron County Clinton; Ontario Population 8,47 THE HOME OF RADAR IA CANADA second class mail regittration number 0817 suEsCRiptioN RATE9: (in advance) Canada, $6.00 per year; 1,18.A., $7,60 KEITH W. ROULSTON — Editor J. HOWARD AITKEN — General Manager THE HURON NEWS-RECORD Established 1881 Each life some sun appears side, it's not so bad. The cor- respondence, essays and leaves will eventually be dealt with. The living-room will be decorated, which will cure my wife's pains in the belly. My daughter will get a C-minus on her essay and blame me for it, but it won't kill her. We all have to lose our fathers sometime, and maybe it will be only an ulcer, which is practically the trademark of a sensitive person these days. There's not much I can do about pollution except bag- ging my leaves instead of burning them, and continuing my refusal to use throw-away bottles. I can't do a darn thing about unemployment except get a kid to rake my lawn, and I've tried, and they aren't interested: And there's little I can do about individ- ual freedom except demand it in this column, which I shall continue to do, and the government had better not start mnkeying around try- ing to censor me. As for the world, it's al- ways been a mess. Rutnan beings seem to enjoy living in Messes of their own making, unlike other animals, Perhaps that's why so many kids are on drugs today. if we tried to force drugs on them, they'd rebel violently, And those tays Of Sunshine do appear. the other night et a party, a lady , friend was being embraced rather amorously by a middle-aged gentleman who had been into the grape. She appealed to me, wide-eyed, over his shoul- der. As smoothly as a fight referee, I broke up the clutch and simultaneously prevented the gentleinan's wife from punching him on the nose. The first lady later told my wife that I had the polish and poise of a European man. My wife thought it was a compliment. Considering some of the European males I have known in my life, I thoUght`it an insult. However, a ray of sunshine, though rather murky. I got another one this Week, when a friend de- scribed a confirmation cere- mony in a local church. The Archbishop himself was there, and it was a big deal for all. The Arch was asking the children What they had learned in their training for confirmation. They provided the stock answers, which they had learned faithfully, Hoping to probe a bit deeper, he asked one little guy what else they had learn- ed, • The lad muttered some- thing. The Arch looked rather Surprised and asked him to re- peat it. Loud and clear, the kid Said: "We learned to commit adultery." Apparently, the whole church broke up, including- the Archbishop, So, into, each life sortie rain must fall. But t at least „Until the Judgeinent Day, we can always hope for those rays of sunshine. The ArgyieSynilicete it is good news to hear from the report from Bayfield village council this week that there will be another meeting of the municipalities along the. Bayfield River basin to discuss what to do about the need for a conservation area for the river. Earlier this year, the municipalities turned down the proposal that the area be included • in the Maitland Valley Conservation area. Ever since then people have been wondering why. The big problem would seem to be one of communication. The meeting on the original proposal was called with very little advanced notice. There was little communication between the municipalities to gee what each wanted to gain from the area. There was no ''discussion of alternatives to the Maitland plan. They were just all to -send their clerks to the meeting and vote yes or no. The vote was no, and after the whole thing is over it seems no one knows any more about the reasons each municipality voted the way it did than they did before the meeting. One' problem is obvious. The Bayfield lies between the Maitland and Aux Sable Two vocal groups have been causing a lot of headlines in the past year demanding changes in the "system" and guarantees of their rights. The groups are youth, and the women's liberation movement. Well its ,safe to say, after Monday's nomination meeting that youth power and women's lib are dead in Clinton. Nomination meetings are always a, trying experience for those who believe in democracy. Perhaps this week's nomination in Clinton could even be termed something of a success because it fAused,en,,odd situation in the area — we'll, Oave an ,election this year. But it didn't leave much faith in the female half of our population or in. our leaders of tomorrow for those who attended the meeting. The only woman that even entered the room was a reporter for the London Free Press, and aside from the reporter of the News-Record, it would be safe to say none • of those present would ever see 30 again. It had been hoped in this department that at least one woman would become a candidate. Perhaps we should have campaigned instead for one who had the courage to attend the nomination meeting. Added to the list of missing of course was Qie local business community leaders who stayed away in droves. If things go wrong in Clinton in the next two years It's one of those gloomy November days, with the overcast so low that even the birds are walking. I have a. month's corres- pondence to catch up on, three weeks of essays to read, and a week's leaf-raking lying in the back yard. My wife has pains in her belly and is going to have the living-room redecorated. I don't know which alarms ine more, My daughter is in the next room, writing an essay on Nietsche, an appalling pros- pect. Asked her how it was going and she said pretty well, but that she had an idea what she was writing was a lot of crap. Two of my colleagues lost their fathers unexpectedly on the weekend. Another Is in hospital having X-rays un his stomach and hoping it's "only" an ulcer, Outside my little world lies a Canada deeply troubled by pollution, an unemploy- ment figure that is alarming, and the freedom of the indi- vidual under the new govern- ment legislation for the pre- vention of violence. And outside that world again is the big one, a seem- ingly hopeless mess of popu- lation' explosion, food short,, ages, wars, suspicion, despair and poverty, Oh well, what the hell, You only go through the course once, It's the only life we have, and however bleak it teems, there are always a few rays of sunshine. Looking On the positive conservation areas. Many of the municipalities involved are already paying into ono or the other of the authorities, Naturally those on the north want to join the Maitland and those on the south, the Aux Sable, since it will mean the whole town or township will be in one conservation area. But as was pointed out dramatically on Monday night at the Clinton nomination meeting when Reeve Hatter of Stanley township was a guest,, there is little understanding between municipalities over the whole project. Communication is urgently needed. Representatives of all municipalities should get together and sit down around a table with an expert from the government and find out whether the Maitland, Aux Sable or a separate authority would most effectively and efficiently redevelop the Bayfield river valley. This is an important .decision which must be made soon. In an age of communication it is unthinkable that the whole project could be endangered by lack of communication. they will be the first to holler and somebody should holler right back and ask them just what they did to improve the situation — they didn't even turn up at the nomination meeting. People in journalism like to feel that they have some influence on public opinion but after trying to weedle and coax people into showing some interest in the future of their community in the last three months, we're becoming convinced that the power of the press is very limited. People in government like to feel they are doing something worthwhile. After ,looking at theLsorrytaurnber,thetcame to the ,meeting the.other night; 'our, council- members must wonder if it's all worth it. Thank God not everyone thought so. Thank God a few intelligent citizens took the time to show up, to nominate candidates or just to listen to what they had to say. Thank God democracy isn't a complete failure since at least enough men offered their services to their community that we'll have a choice of who we want this year. But we hope that every individual, every woman, every young person, every business man who could have been at that meeting has a good excuse why he wasn't there because if this town slides backward in the next two years due to poor government, they will have its fate on their consciences. They will have helped drive a nail in the coffin lid themselves. 4 Clinton:News-Record, Thlosslay, November 1 9, 1970 Vitoria! comment We don't care If you think we're right or wrong We care only that you think.. Communication would help The abdication of responsibility